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Chicago's continuing push for a bigger slice of trade with China will kick into high gear Tuesday when top negotiators from Washington and Beijing fly in for bilateral talks aimed at easing the flow of cross-border commerce. While the main show at the U.S.-China Joint Commission of Commerce and Trade summit will be negotiations Thursday among Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, Chicago will play host to an array of ancillary events aimed at promoting the city as a welcoming place to do business. This is the second time in 25 years that a U.S. session of the annual summit will be held outside Washington,...

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